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We know for all right triangles that:


\sin x = \left ( \frac{opp}{hyp} \right )


\tan x = \left ( \frac{opp}{adj} \right )

From the latter we can deduce


\tan x \times adj = opp

Through substitution into our first equation, it follows that


\sin x = \left ( \frac{\tan x \times adj}{hyp} \right )

And through standard algebra:


\sin x \times hyp = \tan x \times adj


\tan x = \left ( \frac{\sin x \times hyp}{adj} \right )

Substitute that back into \sin x = \left ( \frac{\tan x \times adj}{hyp} \right )